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UNITED l'STATES- PATENT J'OFvlnfffi;

ANDREW oAMrEEL'L, 213,011 WESTEIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHIP-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATIONfornning part of Letters Patent No. 242,749, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed April 23, 1881. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW CAMPBELL, 2d, a-citizen of the United States, residing` at Westfield, in thecounty of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Handles; and I do hereby declare the, following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which vit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. i

' mixed with glue, varnish, shellac, or other substance that will hold the material upon the handle, the object being to provide that portion of the handles ot'lwhips which enters what is known as the whip-socket77 with one or more rings of material ot" such consistency as will prevent the-wearing thereof. I attain this object by the means'hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation ot a portion of a handle of a whip, having a covering of the usual form applied to it, over which there is placed, at two points, a covering of corundum or other similar substance; and Fig. Zis an elevation of a portion of a stock of a whip which has no covering, except that provided at one point,which is of some ofthe substances above named.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both of the views.

It is well-known to persons who use whips that the handles thereof, or any metallic or other 'errules or ornaments that may be placed upon the part thereof which enters the whipsocket'attachedV to the carriage, soon become scratched and worn by contact with said socket, and thus defaced to such an extentas to render them objectionable, if not worthless.

Myimprovement is designed to provide a remedy for these difficulties by covering that portion of the handle or stock of a whip which enters the whip-socket, or parts thereof, with corundum which has been pulverized to the required extentand `mixed with glue or some other substance which will vhold the particles firmly in place upon the handle, or emery, pearl, or quartz, properly prepared and mixed with such substances, may be used, preference being given to corundum on account ot' its cheapness and hardness, the latter quality rendering it a very desirable article for such purpose.

In the examples shown, A refers to a portion of a whip Stock or handle which has been covered with leather or other suitable substance, its lower end being provided with an outer coating, B, of corundum or other similar substance, which extends for any required distance upward. At the proper distance from the coated portion B'there is applied more of the material, as at C, which, it preferred, may be more nely pulverized than that :applied at B. The coating C is to be placed in such a position on the handle as to bring it at or near the upper end ofthe whip-socket when placed therein. This coating, being made of material so much harder than that ot which the socket is made, will prevent the handle from becoming worn or defaced for an indefinite period of time.

I have shown at D, in Fig. 2, another form of handle, which may consist of vulcanized rubber polished upon its outer surface; or it may be of ivory or any other suitable substance the surface of which it is desirable to preserve in its polished condition, in doing which there is provided upon a portion of its surface a that will cause the particles to adhere to the stock, and then applied to the part or parts that it is desired to coat; or the glue or other substance may be rst applied tothe part or.

parts to be coated, andthe material, in its pnl-- IOO verized condition,be applied toit, and,if found necessary, the rst coat may be covered with another, and so on until the coating is of the required thickness.

I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myiuvention to the use of any particular hard substance, or to the material used in attaching it to the whip handle or stock, but reserve the right to use any hard pulverized substance that will produce the results above described; neither do I limit myself tothe particular part or parts to which it is to be applied, butreserve the right to apply it to any partor parts which are liable to be worn or defaced by the action of the Whip-socket.

Having thus described my invention, what forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW CAMPBELL, 2D. Witnesses:

JAs. L. HANGHETT, JOHN C. SCHMIDT. 

